First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA) Competitors

First Seacoast Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSEA) and Hanover Bancorp (NASDAQ:HNVR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate FSEA or HNVR?

Hanover Bancorp has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.58%. Given Hanover Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hanover Bancorp is more favorable than First Seacoast Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Seacoast Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hanover Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer FSEA or HNVR?

In the previous week, First Seacoast Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Hanover Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First Seacoast Bancorp and 1 mentions for Hanover Bancorp. First Seacoast Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Hanover Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that First Seacoast Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Seacoast Bancorp	Positive
Hanover Bancorp	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FSEA or HNVR?

Hanover Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Seacoast Bancorp. First Seacoast Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hanover Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Seacoast Bancorp	$18.58M	2.31	-$10.66M	-$1.89	-4.83
Hanover Bancorp	$62.58M	2.66	$3.52M	$1.65	14.12

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FSEA or HNVR?

First Seacoast Bancorp received 3 more outperform votes than Hanover Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Hanover Bancorp an outperform vote while only 38.10% of users gave First Seacoast Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Seacoast Bancorp	Outperform Votes 8 38.10%	Underperform Votes 13 61.90%
Hanover Bancorp	Outperform Votes 5 71.43%	Underperform Votes 2 28.57%

Which has more volatility and risk, FSEA or HNVR?

First Seacoast Bancorp has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hanover Bancorp has a beta of -0.26, indicating that its stock price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FSEA or HNVR more profitable?

Hanover Bancorp has a net margin of 8.39% compared to First Seacoast Bancorp's net margin of -35.93%. Hanover Bancorp's return on equity of 6.77% beat First Seacoast Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Seacoast Bancorp	-35.93%	-13.41%	-1.49%
Hanover Bancorp	8.39%	6.77%	0.54%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FSEA or HNVR?

38.4% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.0% of Hanover Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Hanover Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hanover Bancorp beats First Seacoast Bancorp on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.